...but It Doesn't Feel Crazy To Us.

Something I Am Wondering: If You Cannot Hear Do You Have No Sounds In Your Head? Do You See A Silent Movie

I Cannot Just Write A Frivolous Book, A La-di-da Book. Everything Isn't La-di-da. There Is Something That's Going To Pull You Up Short. I Want To Reassure Young Readers. I Want To Comfort Them, To Not Fear The Unexpected.

When I Read Good Stories, I Want To Write Good Stories Too.

I Wondered About Mrs. Winterbottom And What She Meant About Living A Tiny Life. If She Didn't Like All That Baking And Cleaning And Jumping Up To Get Bottles Of Nail Polish Remover And Sewing Hems, Why Did She Do It? Why Didn't She Tell Them To Do Some Of The Things Themselves? Maybe She Was Afraid There Would Be Nothing Left For Her To Do. There Would Be No Need For Her And She Would Become Invisible And No One Would Notice.

What I Have Since Realized Is That If People Expect You To Be Brave, Sometimes You Pretend That You Are, Even When You Are Frightened Down To Your Very Bones.